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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Lameka made me do it.

Yesshe did. Had it not been for her I would have quit before I started. She texts me that we really need to blog. I say blah blah blah she says blah blah blah. Here is your challenge. Then it begins. I had the ideas and colors already in mind. I had some stamps that I wanted to use. Easy peasy. Wrong. It started with what I would like to refer to as a 'glue incident.' It was actually SU crystal effects. I think I aquired this item and never really used it. So who knows how long this build up had been in there. I had safety pins, bamboo skewers and my paper piecer in that little thing. Eventually I got out the clog with some tweezers. Ahh....whew. Disaster averted.....wrong again. This time, I couldn't find my stamp cleaner. I think that everytime I try to stamp, I can't find it. So after tearing apart my 'room' I find it. Right where I had put it so the next time I went to use it I could find it. Now I can finally start. Except I can't find the box of adhesive I have. Lucky for me, I had a random 'SNAIL' lying around. FINALLY, I could start. (for real this time.)I'm glad that Lameka challenged me. No I really mean that. Sometimes you need someone to help you get your 'creative juices' flowing. I think that I may start setting aside some time on Sundays for some 'me' time. And by 'me' time, I mean scrap time. ;)Here is my first card. I used all Stampin Up Stamps. If you want to know the names, let me know and I will look.

This is the inside If you look closely you can see I used a little bit of Crystal Effects on the cake on the inside.

This pictures is blurry but you can see the crystal effects I used on the cherry.

I thought the front looked so plain. So I added this ribbon. All within the 'challenge regulations.' No disqualification from Marc.

So I got this monster set from SU. I was dying to have it, and dying to use it, but this is the first time I actually used it.

I did stick some SU dimensionals under the monster and the 'present' he is holding.

I did not include a picture of the inside, because I left that blank.

So thank you Lameka for helping (or making :) ) me get my creative juices flowing. It really does make me remember why I started paper crafting in the first place. I'm excited because I will be getting Lameka's beautiful cards in exchange and I found my stamp cleaner! Now if I could only find that blasted box of adhesive....

2 comments:

I love your concept for this blog and the inspiration you provide each other!!!! Just to let you know, I uber love cupcakes and think that cupcake card is totally scrumptious! Did you use a pattern or a die cut for the cupcake? I wanna make some of my own...maybe a whole baker's dozen!

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It all started one day when the men were BBQing. The rest is history. We started hanging out, and Danielle introduced Meka to her scrapbooking obsession. It went on from there. We've been friends for close to 5 years now, seen the good, the bad and the smugly. But one thing has never changed.....our love for scrapping, and the encouragement and advice we offer each other when it comes to scrapping and life. We are not professionals, nor claim to be. We just enjoy the hobby and the gifts that come from it. Life and the military has moved us states and miles away, but at the end of the day we know that the other one is just a phone call (or in our case picture or text message away). We want this to be fun, to share our creations, our creativity frustrations and blocks, we'll talk about deals, (one thing you'll learn about us real quick. WE LOVE TO SHOP!) and we'll swap ideas, and even some cards! If you'd like to swap cards, ideas, or even pages....just let us know and you can join in. If you have something you've created and you want to post it, let us know, and we'll post it. We're not here to create competition, just create.

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